Success Stories by State: Kentucky

• Daniel Boone Community Action Agency, Inc. Credit Repair Program
  September 2009
  The Daniel Boone Community Action Agency, Inc, and their Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) staff provide both a Credit Counseling Program and a Housing Program within their integrated case management approach.
• Modified Health Risks: Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  July 2009
  The primary focus of the program was providing health screenings to detect the presence of sleep apnea and the associated health risks of heart disease, diabetes, and obesity to people in five rural counties.
• Appalachian Violence Outreach Network (AVON)
  July 2009
  This project administered wellness classes and workshops to women in a rural, underserved area.
• Skipa
  May 2009
  The Southern Kentucky Initiative for Pediatric Asthma (SKIPA) project conducted home visits to provide caregivers with knowledge, training, and support to decrease emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and school absenteeism related to asthma.
• Trauma Care in Rural Kentucky
  November 2007
  Dr. Jeffrey Coughenour, a trauma surgeon at the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital in Lexington, is working with the Kentucky State Office of Rural Health, along with ambulance services and small hospitals in central, eastern and southern parts of the state, in an effort to establish a regional trauma care system.
• Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker Program
  October 2007
  The Vanderbilt Center for Health Services’ Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW) program provides early intervention services to low income families in Nashville as well as other urban and rural areas in Appalachia and the Mississippi delta, including Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
• Focus on Telehealth
  September 2007
  A home-focused technology project in northeastern Kentucky is leading to improved patient outcomes.
• Connections Rural Health Initiative
  January 2007
  This projects main goal is to provide health care and human services for low-income children, youth, and families in two rural counties of central Kentucky.
• Kentucky River Health Network Project
  January 2007
  This project is part of a twofold mission to improve access to preventive care services for the underinsured and uninsured in the target area.
• West Kentucky Dental Health Project
  January 2007
  The West Kentucky Dental Health Project (WKDHP) is a collaborative community-driven project that aims to build an infrastructure in 12 counties in rural western Kentucky to address early childhood caries and dental caries.
• Western Appalachian Kentucky Health Care Access Consortium
  January 2007
  The consortium's mission is to improve access to primary care and dental care among low-income, uninsured, and underinsured residents, with a special emphasis on providing outreach services for the unmet needs of an expanding Latino population.
• Performance Challenge
  August 2006
  Program designed to provide affordable housing solutions to build better communities.
• Kid Power
  July 2005
  The focus of this program was to enroll eligible children and educate their families about healthy nutrition, proper diet, exercise, and the importance of weight management in improving their overall health.
• Rural Health Outreach Project (Hazard, Kentucky)
  July 2005
  This project was designed to improve access to mental health, primary care, and other necessary services such as education, social services, housing, and job assistance for people with severe and persistent mental illness.